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    A million dollars weighs about a metric ton. Hence the expression "a ton of money."
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    On average people fear spiders more than they do death.
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    An ounce of platinum can be stretched 10,000 feet.
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    There are over 16,251 full-service restaurants in the vicinity of NYC. You could visit one every day for 40 years and still not have visited them all. This excludes counter service restaurants and cafeterias.
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    Research has found that you're more likely to have a creative epiphany when you're doing something monotonous, like fishing, exercising, or showering.
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    The human eye blinks an average of 4,200,000 times a year.
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    In the U.S., more than 10% of lottery prizes go unclaimed!
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    Los Angeles's full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula"!
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